National Autism Month-Planner Spread!

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Hey All!

I wanted to share this weeks planner spread with you all!

I made this spread in honor of National Autism Awareness Month!

Today is actually Light The Night Blue for Autism Awareness.

If you did not know, my son, Brandon is a child with Autism.

He was diagnosed with PDD-NOS on the Autism Spectrum. We 

worked VERY HARD with him and multiple therapists so we 

could help him with the skills he needed to become the 

little man he is today! So April is always very special in my heart!

It's also special because its Bub's Birthday!! He turns 12 this year!

Its actually falling in this weeks spread! 

So, let's check it out!

Supplies Used:

Close To My Heart Everyday Life Planner

Close To My Heart Stamps: Plan On It; Brushstrokes

Close To My Heart Ink: Ruby, Lemon, Willow, Pacifica

Close To My Heart Shin Han Twin Touch Markers: Lavender, Tender Pink, Peacock Green, Marigold.

Marker Spritzer Tool

2 X 2 Clear Block

Cricut Explore Air 2

Cricut Font and Basic Shapes (free in Design Space for all!)

If you wish to purchase any of these items, please see my online store HERE!

Stamp of the Month-Flock Together!

*Take this stamp home for only $5 when you spend $50 or more! 

Click below on the shopping cart to be directed to my online store to grab your goodies!!! And be SURE to click on the MARCH Open Gathering! 

15 Minute Memories

April 2017 Constant Campaign

Save 50% on our Cut Above® layout kits, designed to make memory keeping easier than ever. Two kits to choose from: Little One and Forever and Always. 

Each layout kit includes:

• Two 12" × 12" printed base pages
• Die-cut paper pieces
• Title and embellishment stickers
• 12 coordinating pocket cards
• Two 12" × 12" Memory Protectors™
• Two pocket-style Memory Protectors™

Add these great kits to your cart below and then follow the simple assembly instructions to create your beautiful two-page layout in minutes. Preserve even more memories using the coordinating pocket cards and pocket Memory Protectors included in the kit. You’re going to love how quickly you can preserve your memories with Cut Above.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Disney Pixar Blog Hop!

Welcome to the Disney Pixar Blog Hop!

Disney and crafting are a magical combination, and we are so happy you joined us to day for this blog hop.  Some of the crafters participating in this event have been doing this together since 2011!  Over the years the hop has grown but one thing has always stayed the same . . . amazing crafting projects that feature your favorite characters from Disney and Pixar movies.

For 2016 we are going to attempt to have a hop every other month for the entire year . . . February, April, June, August, October and December.  If you are on Facebook you can like the group page so that you can be the first to learn about each upcoming event.  Just click HERE to go the the Facebook page.

To make sure you don't miss any of the fun, be sure to start at Shawn's blog to see all of the projects.  Just click HERE to head over to her blog and then follow the hop line up at the bottom of the post to see everyone's projects.

For my project today, I wanted to get this picture of my sweet nephew, Jack Jack, scrapbooked! He is OBSESSED with Buzz Lightyear...And for Halloween, he was Buzz!! 

I was in a Toy Story swap a few months back and I had been holding onto the cut outs for awhile, and decided it was the PERFECT time to use them!! 

I also used some Kiwi Lane templates-Scallops, Abby Road, Accents, Playtime, and Enchantment! They paper I happened to find I think was perfect for it as well...its a VERY OLD Basic Grey kit!! 

Before you go, make sure to enter to win our prize for this hop . . . a Disney paper pack from Queen & Co. 

The paper stack will not even be shipping out to stores until late February 2016, so you can have it before the stores are even selling it!  Note: Due to the fact that we received this paper stack so early, it is considered a promotional proof and there could be some slight variations from what will be shipped to stores.

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Good luck, and enjoy the rest of the hop!

The full blog hop line up is below.  

Shawn

Jessica

Melissa

Ellen

Miranda

Lori

Nancy

Tammy

Midge and Madge

Jenny

Cricut Explore Air Launch Night! IPad set up video!

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Hey All!!!

EEEKKKKK!!!!

IT 2 hours until the LAUNCH of the Cricut Explore Air LIVE on HSN!!!!

Are you ready?

Did you already buy your Explore Air during the pre-sale?? 

Are you waiting to see it in action tonight? 

Are you just going to purchase the Bluetooth and make your existing Explore Wireless? 

Did you upgrade your IPad to DESIGN ANYWHERE???

YOU DIDN'T??? 

Need to know how?? Check out my video!!!

I PAD APP START UP VIDEO!!!


Remember, my Facebook group, I LOVE MY BUG is giving away a BLUETOOTH ADAPTER TOMORROW!!! Join now so you don't miss out on your chance to win!!!! 
Stamp of the Month-A Happy Hello! 

*Take this stamp home for only $5 when you spend $50 or more! 

Click below on the shopping cart to be directed to my online store to grab your goodies!!! And be SURE to click on the FEBRUARY Open Gathering! 

February Constant Campaign- ALBUM ALLURE! 

Some albums are Ruby and others Lagoon; they’re all buy one get one half off—a treat just for you! During the month of February, when you purchase one of Close To My Heart’s alluring coated canvas albums you will be eligible to receive a second album of your choice at half price. That is a savings of over $17 USD / $19 CAD! These albums are available in a gorgeous variety of colors and patterns in both post-bound and D-ring styles—perfect to pair with traditional, Studio J^®, or pocket scrapbook layouts. This offer is only available while supplies last, so make certain to get your order in early to ensure you can choose the styles and colors you love. They’re going fast and are built to last; so don’t delay—place your order today!

Dates: Offer valid February 1, 2015–February 28, 2015.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Cricut Thursday with Jessie! DT Member!

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Hello everyone! Jessie here from Passion 4 Crafts!  

Here is a easy and quick treat for nieces and nephews. I used my Cricut Art Philosopy cartridge, Close To My Heart ink and a Close To My Heart stamp set "Frightful Fun". 

I made this project for my design team for Jessica Wilson aka craftinandstampin. 

Thanks for visiting my channel!

You can go to Jessica Wilson aka craftinandstampin if your interested in buying this cricut cartridge or any CTMH products.

Store: http://craftinandstampin.ctmh.com

Blog: http://craftinandstampin.blogspot.com

To see more CTMH projects please go and check out my Design team projects. They will post weekly new projects and share different CTMH products and technics.

www.corenescreations.blogspot.com

www.PaisleysPlayhouse.blogspot.com

www.Sew-Ink.blogspot.com

http://alicia-timetocreate.blogspot.com.au/

Stamp of the Month-Home for the Holidays! 

*Take this stamp home for only $5 when you spend $50 or more! 

Click below on the shopping cart to be directed to my online store to grab your goodies!!! And be SURE to click on the October Mystery Hostess Gathering! 

October Constant Campaign- RIBBON REVELRY

During the month of October, with each qualifying purchase of $50 USD / $55 CAD you are eligible to receive—as a special bonus—one of two chevron ribbons FREE! Each chevron ribbon—Ruby or Outdoor Denim—has an original retail value of $6.95 USD / $7.75 CAD. So which ribbon will you get? It’s a surprise! Quantities are limited, so place your orders as early in the month as possible. Be sure to take advantage of this fantastic offer so you can enjoy embellishing your creations with your own surprise roll of bonus ribbon!

Dates: Offer valid October 1, 2014–October 31, 2014.

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 

Close To My Heart Designed Decor Frame Chore Chart

CHECK OUT MY GIVEAWAY PAGE ABOVE!!!!

Hey All!!!

I wanted to show you how I was making the Chore Chart found on page 70 of the Close To My Heart Idea Book and Catalog! My BFF asked me if I would make it for her if she bought the frame so we had it for her gathering, and of COARSE I said yes! I used the new Designed Decor Black Frame and our Cricut Cartridges for it!! Here is what it looks like:

Here is the video of how I did it:

SUPPLIES

Designed Decor Frame-Black Z1880 ($26.95)
Cricut Artiste Cartrdige- Z1790 ($99)
Cricut Art Philosophy- Z1686 ($99)
White Daisy Pigment Ink-Z2163 ($6.95)
Black Ink-Z2105 ($5.25)
Crystal Blue Z2117 ($5.25)
In The Background Stamp D1540 ($17.95)
Swirls Around stamps (D1561) $17.95
Paisley Perfect Pair Stamps (C1556) $13.95
Stamp set from Designed Decor Frame Kit-Z1911 $(whole kit is $35.95)
Card Stock used was :Slate, White Daisy, Black, and Crystal Blue

If you are ready to purchase these items, please head on over to my online store and grab them!

Remember, for every order of a Cricut Cartridge, you get the Stamp of the Month for FREE! This month the Stamp of The Month is Illuminate

Also, if you sign up to be a consultant for $49 you will ALSO get the Stamp of the Month for FREE!!! Check out the NEW CONSULTANT SPECIAL!!! YOU WANNA JOIN!!!! 

Click HERE for my store:

OK all hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!!! 

Damask Divas Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop!

HEY ALL! 

Welcome to the Damask Diva's Sparkle and Shine Blog Hop!!

You should of arrived her from the wonderfully talented

MANDY LEAHY!  She is the START of the hop!!

For our hop today, we are showcasing the NEW Sparkle and 

Shine Assortment from the all new Holidays From The Heart 

Gift Giving Guide! 

Wait until you see the AWESOME products in this catalog! All

items are WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, so don't wait long to order

because I can tell you, these items WONT last!!! 

For my project today, I used the ALL NEW Sparkle and Shine

Workshop on the Go Kit! I loved everything that was in it, 

I had to get it!! Isn't it awesome??

Product number: G1071 $29.95

And what did I create with this AMAZING pack you ask??

A HOLIDAY WREATH!! 

These wreaths are ALL the rage right now on Pinterest and You Tube! I KNEW I had to make one so you all can just SCOOP up the pack and make your own for the Holidays! 

Here is the video to show how I made it! 

(Please note: the sound got ALLLL messed up on my video, so there is no sound until 5 minutes 30 seconds! Just watch from 3:45 on so you can at least see how I curled my paper!!!)

                                    Here are my supplies:

Sparkle and Shine Workshop On The Go Pack -G1071

Bone Folder -Z1204

Paper Trimmer- Z1783

Cricut Artbooking- Z1906

Styrofoam Wreath Form

Pack of Straight Pins-approx. 200 pics I believe I used!

Ribbon (if desired to cover the foam wreath)

You next stop is CRISSY!!! 

Here is the lineup in case you get lost along the way!!!! 

Mandy Leahy

Jessica Wilson

Crissy Worthen 

Hillary Harris 

Mandy Baker 

Traci Williams 

Cydney Fowler 

Jamie Blades 

Amie Kiger  

Tammy Smith 

OK All!! Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'!

National Coffee Day Card Using Close To My Heart "You Are My Happy" Stamp Set! LIMITED TIME TO BUY!

Hey All!!

Today should HONESTLY be my favorite holiday..Its National Coffee Day! HELLO! My drink of choice! I am drinking coffee as I type up this post as a matter of fact, lol!

So grab a cup of coffee right now, go on I'll wait :) 

Ok, I wanted to use my You Are My Happy stamp set from Close To My Heart since there is ONLY TWO MORE DAYS to get it!!! SERIOUSLY! There are two ways you can get this amazing set:

1. Make a minimum purchase on my online web store of $50 and you can get it for only $10! 

OR

2. You can sign up under me to become a Close To My Heart consultant for the LOW price of $49 and get it for FREE! You MUST sign up by tomorrow night though!!!! 

I have posted this picture numerous times throughout the month, but I will post it again here for you now (just to give you some subtle hints to buy it, hint hint)! 

Now, would you like to see my sweet little card I made?? 

Isn't it adorable??? 

SUPPLIES:

You Are My Happy Stamp Set -Close To My Heart

Dotty For You Paper pack-Retired from Close To My Heart

Kraft, Sunset & Sunny Yellow card stock-Close To My Heart

Cup images-Silhouette Online Store

Rectangle and Layer for Stamp-Art Philosophy Cartridge-Close To My Heart

Cocoa Ink-Close To My Heart 

Sponge Daubers

Foam Tape

Originals Card Book-Close To MY Heart

Link to my online store:

Sizes:

Card Base: 6 x 6

2 pieces of 2 3/4 X 2 3/4 pieces

2 Pieces of 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 pieces

Rectangle and Layer from Art Philosophy sized at 3.5 x 2 in Cricut Craft Room 

Here is the video of how I made the card:

OK all! Hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

My Day At Exploring Cricut!

Hi All!!

Today is my design day over at Exploring Cricut!!!

For today's project, I am sharing an order that I had from one of my blog readers! She had emailed me and asked her if I could help her make some decorations for her daughters 1st birthday! It is a Minnie Mouse themed birthday!!! Of COARSE I said yes!!!

I used Mickey and Friends and Mickey Font for all her goodies!!!

I made a Happy Birthday Banner and some icons for centerpieces that she is making!

I haven't played too much with these cartridges, so it was A LOT of fun!!!

Here is what I made:

 

This is the banner. I made the Minnie Ears at 4.5 inches and I cut her bow at 1.75 inches. The letters were cut from Mickey Font at 1.5 inches,

 

Here are the Minnie icons for the centerpieces that she is making. I didn't have any pink with white polka dot paper that she requested, so I improvised with a white gel pen! They were cut from Mickey and Friends all at 5 inches.

 

Some more icons. Minnie Mouse Hearts both cut at 5.5 inches!

 

 

So, that's my project! I hope you all like it!! Make sure you check out the Exploring Cricut challenge this week!

 

OK all, hope to catch you Craftin' and Stampin'! 

My Day At Exploring Cricut!

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Hey All!!!

Today is my day over at Exploring Cricut, and I am pulling out an Oldie BUT a Goodie! We made something just like this about 2 years ago, but I wanted to make it again since my brother in law proposed to my future sister in law!!! It will be time for another bridal shower, so I gotta stock up on my favor ideas for her!!!

 

Wanna see what I made? Here it is!!

 

 

I used Tie the Knot and Art Philosophy for my box. I made the box at fit to page, so it was the biggest I could make it! I had the accents in my scrap extras box, so I am unsure of what cartridge they came from!

 

 

I cant wait for another sister in law! I am already blessed to have four! One more would be amazing!!!

 

OK all, dont forget that we have the blog hop from Monday, and we have our challenge going on that you can enter at EXPLORING CRICUT!

 

 

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'! 



Hiding In My Craft Room Post-Freestyle!

Hey All!!!

It's Saturday again! And guess what that means??? Another Hiding In My Craft Room challenge!!!

This week, the theme is:

FREESTYLE!!!!


I love when we have a freestyle type theme because we can make WHATEVER!

So, for my project, I made a paper mache item. I made a spell book out of a plain old item! Wanna see it??

It was SO EASY to make!

First, I painted the entire book in black paint. Next I took some crackle paint and did a thin layer on top of the black paint. Then, I took the purple paint and painted another layer on top, and FINALLY another layer of crackle paint.

While I waited for it all to dry, I pulled out my Theresa Collins Chic and Scary Cricut Cartridge and cut out "Poisons and Potions". I popped up the skeleton head on a pop dot to make it come out at you! I also cut 5 cuts from Craft Room Basics for me to mount the Poisons and Potions on. I glued them all together CAREFULLY to make it seem thicker, like an old scary book might look!

After I did that, I adhered it to the book, and coated once again with crackle paint!

I cant wait to get it up for Halloween in my house! Its going to look great!!!

OK all, please check out the rest of my DT sisters projects!!! They are ALL wonderful!!! Then, be sure to enter your project into the HIMCR challenge!!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

And the Oscar goes to....

Hey All!

Just wanted to drop in and show off some pictures of the centerpieces that we made for the most recent party we did! It was a Hollywood Themed Party, and we made Hollywood Centerpieces for it!

We made an Oscar:

and we made the Clap Board:

I know Exploring Cricut is looking for items that you created with movies in mind, so I thought I would share with you!

OK, gotta jet! Hope to find you all Craftin' and Stampin'!

Made Especially For You Challenge 1

Hey All!!

Today is my first challenge with my new design team, Made Especially For You!


Our first challenge as a new design team is:

"Create a Valentine's Day card featuring a tag"

Our sponsor for the week is:




"Decade of Scrap"


The challenge will run for one week. It goes from February 6th thru February 12th. Thanks to our sponsor, the winner will receive up to three sets of digital Valentine's Day sentiments

So, you wanna see what I created for the challenge????

Here is my card:

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Supplies Used:

~Michael's Bargin bin patterned paper, flowers, and rhinestones.

~Recollections Gray Card Stock

~Recollections White Card Stock

~Recollections Kraft Card Stock

~Cricut Victorian Romance Cartridge (for the heart and the patterned that is embossed on it)

~Stampin' Up Silver Embossing Powder

~Tim Holtz Distress Ink Vintage Photo

~Tim Holtz Distress Ink Black Soot

~Stampin' Up Real Red Ink

~Stampin' Up Small Heart Punch

~Stampin' Up French Script Background Stamp

~Stampin' Up Small Tag Punch

~Recollections Screw Brad

~Recollections Gray Rivet

~Joann's Silver Ribbon

~Pop Dots

~ATG

This is a standard A2 Size card.

The heart was cut from Victorian Romance at 4.5 inches and the Key was cut at 3.50.

I used the Tim Holtz distress ink to distress the patterned paper before I adhered my heart to it.

Now, don't forget to check out the rest of the design teams projects!! I know you will love them!!!



Thanks for checking out my 1st project with my new team!!!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'

Engagement Card using Greeting Cards Inside and Out

Hi All!!

So I got a few items in the mail this week and one of the new items I got was the Cricut Imagine Cartridge "Greeting Cards: Inside and Out". From the minute that I opened that cartridge, I just KNEW I would LOVE it! It has the BEST images in it! There are images for Baby (Boy and Girl), Get Well, Congrats for Grad, Congrats on Engagement, Congrats on Wedding, Thanks, Thanks for the support, Love, & Anniversary! I know I said that The Good Old Days was my favorite cartridge ever, but that was before I got this one! I think it could be a VERY close first and second place for my favorite now!!!

So, since I wanted to play with this INSTANTLY, I decided to make a Congrats on Your Engagement card for my friend, Kellie! CONGRATS KELLIE AND SCOTT!!! Here are some pictures of the card!

Here is the front of the card:

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Here is a top view of the front of the card. I used A LOT of pop dots on this card:

 The inside sentiment:

This card took NO TIME AT ALL to create! I made it at 5 inches and all pieces were cut relative to it!

OK guys, that's all for tonight! Gotta get he hubby for wing bowl in the early morning!

Hope to catch you all Craftin' and Stampin'!